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[Alex Mather] "Curiosity, InSight, Spirit, Opportunity. If you think about it, all of these names of past Mars rovers are qualities we possess as humans." [Voiceover: 10...9... we have ignition sequence start]
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We will always Persevere. [Music]
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[Voiceover] Launch commence. Liftoff! We have liftoff! We are a species of explorers. We will meet many obstacles on our way to Mars.
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Transcript analysisComputed from the caption text
Words
276
Runtime
2:21
Speaking pace
117wpm
Reading time
1min
117 words per minute, below the 160 25th percentile of 349 measured videos. That distribution comes from the 349-video hook study.
Opening (first 30 seconds)
We are a species of explorers. Believers. [President John F. Kennedy] "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." We are willing to do the hard things to overcome the many challenges. This is what brings out the best in us. [Voiceover:
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Sentence shape
| Measure | This transcript |
|---|---|
| Sentences | 36 |
| Average words per sentence | 7.7 |
| Longest sentence | 26 words |
| Questions asked | 0 |
| Sentences containing a number | 1 |
Most used terms
- challenges4
- hard3
- moon3
- persevere3
- voiceover3
- alex2
- alex mather2
- explorers2
- face2
- humans2
- launch2
- liftoff2
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Transcript
We are a species of explorers. Believers. [President John F. Kennedy] "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." We are willing to do the hard things to overcome the many challenges. This is what brings out the best in us. [Voiceover: We are go for a mission to the Moon] Our path has led to success, and to bitter losses. [President Ronald Reagan] "We come together today to mourn the loss of seven brave Americans." Yet, even when faced with tragedy and setbacks...
We persevere. We keep striving. [Sounds of a rocket launch] We keep believing. From space, we see our planet as a whole. We see the challenges facing it and we face those challenges, together. We will not give up. We challenge convention. We refuse to accept the status quo. The time at hand is hard. But we will persevere. We can still draw hope from the Moon and the stars. From space. From exploration. There is a new day beyond the challenges we face now.
[Alex Mather] "Curiosity, InSight, Spirit, Opportunity. If you think about it, all of these names of past Mars rovers are qualities we possess as humans." [Voiceover: 10...9... we have ignition sequence start] [Alex Mather] "But if rovers are to be the qualities of us as a race We missed the most important thing. Perseverance." [Voiceover] Launch commence. Liftoff! We have liftoff! We are a species of explorers. We will meet many obstacles on our way to Mars.
But as humans We will not give up. We will always Persevere. [Music]
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